County Lieutenant Zheng received the report at noon the next day, and hurried back to his hometown in the evening, and his brother was still on the bed, several of the nursing homes on duty were dead and wounded, and the other servants were killed and wounded. What made him most painful and desperate was that the wealth accumulated by decades or even generations of the Zheng family was looted, leaving only a receipt from Jia Ergou. Then he learned about Zheng Quan's abnormality in the past few days, and immediately sent people to Zheng Quan's family and Heisongling, the next day the two people went back and forth, Zheng's family had gone to the empty building, and there was only a pile of ashes left in Heisongling, so he decided that Zheng Quan colluded with the bandits in Heisongling to seize his family property, but he had evidence of collusion with bandits in the hands of the other party, and he didn't dare to make too much noise, so he had no choice but to send his henchmen to secretly investigate, and then make plans when he had eyebrows.

Just as Lieutenant Zheng was beating his chest and heartbroken, Gu Haotian's fleet docked on the pier of Golden Beach. Ruan Xiaoer, Ma Li, Song Wan and others followed at the wharf, while a team of nearly 200 people combined by Heisongling and Liangshan was like ants moving, transporting bags of grain to the mountain.

Most of the 30,000 stone of grain is still piled up on the training ground in Jinsha, and only part of it is transported to the warehouse on the mountain, but fortunately, the weather has been fine recently, so there is no need to worry. Gu Haotian decided to build a warehouse at the foot of the mountain to facilitate future use.

Zheng Jiaji and his entourage had a bumper harvest, not to mention the huge amount of grain, he estimated that the money was more than 100,000 taels, and the only thing he lacked now was manpower. Black Pine Ridge and Liangshan, plus his escort team, only have nearly 300 people, and there are only more than 200 people left in Liangshan, and Liangshan now has his 30,000 stone of grain, in case any underworld forces smell the smell and come to the door, it will be a little dangerous, and it is imminent to expand the team.

That night, the group stayed in the golden beach, Gu Haotian held the most neat meeting of his subordinates, looking at the room full of Bian Xiang, Ma Qian, Ma Xun, Zhu Gui, the three brothers of the Ruan family, Du Qian, Song Wan, Xiao Rang, Lei Heng, Gu Bo and others, he had both satisfaction and regret. I am satisfied that I have created such a foundation in just over a year in this world, but unfortunately there seems to be a lack of or no unique characters in the seat. Still too greedy, he laughed at himself in his heart.

According to the current situation and tasks of the team, Gu Haotian decided to establish the Liangshan Guard. He is the captain, and there are three teams, one team is headed by Du Qian, Song Wan is the deputy captain, and the team members are composed of personnel from Heisongling, stationed on the mountain, responsible for leveling the land and building houses; The second team is led by Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu is the deputy captain, and the team members are composed of personnel from the original Liangshan, stationed at Jinsha Beach, responsible for building roads up the mountain, and strengthening daily patrols of the lake; The third team is led by Ma Qiang and Lei Heng as the deputy captain, with 30 guards, mainly responsible for daily vigilance and training of new members; Ruan Xiaoqi led a team of personnel to be responsible for the liaison between Gujiazhuang and Liangshan; Usually, when Gu Haotian is away, the three captains discuss and decide.

At the same time, Gu Haotian made it clear that there were three major tasks at present, one was to transport grain to the mountains and put it into storage as soon as possible, the second was to order Ruan Xiaoer and others to take advantage of the advantages of the locals to find some craftsmen as much as possible and quickly build a batch of houses for the next team expansion, and the third was to find ways to recruit suitable personnel. Gu Haotian is not short of silver now, and he believes that no one will refuse money, especially in the countryside where poverty is widespread.

Everyone naturally had no objection to Gu Haotian's decision, so the framework of Liangshan's first team was completed. The next day, Gu Haotian left 5,000 taels of silver, handed it over to Ruan Xiaoer, and ordered to reward the relevant personnel involved in the operation, and then took the others home. Ruan Xiaoer was a little surprised, he couldn't imagine that the little official would hand over such a huge amount of money to him, but he didn't follow Ma Qian or Du Qian, who had already followed him, so he felt more grateful in his heart.

The lake breeze was cool, but Gu Haotian, who was standing at the bow of the boat, was on fire, and he finally took the lead in Liangshan.

"The little official is cool, go into the cabin and rest." Zhu Gui's voice sounded behind him.

Gu Haotian suddenly remembered that Zhu Gui opened the hotel at Lijiadaokou. He turned around and asked Ruan Xiaoqi if he knew where the Li family crossing was, and Ruan Xiaoqi said that it was not far away. He thought that he would not be able to delay much anyway, so he ordered to go over and have a look.

The Lijia Road crossing is in the northwest direction of Liangshanbo, and one hundred and ten households rely on an official road, and the name of the village is about to be named after it. Gu Haotian inspected once, a piece of convex land near the lake is more like, there is a small river fork on the edge of this place, there are lush reeds growing around, dozens of old trees grow sparsely on the ground, there is a distance from the small village, not far from the official road, it is a good place to open a hotel.

Since then, on the way back, he has been thinking about opening a hotel, and Liangshan has already begun to build, and it is necessary to set up an intelligence point to collect information and contact people in the rivers and lakes. But he has no people, it is said that Zhu Gui and Zhu Fu are quite suitable, but Zhu Gui is now in charge of Shilixiang Restaurant, and he can't leave it for a while, and Zhu Fu can't get out of the wine. In the end, I thought about it and went back to discuss with my father, he has a lot of shopkeepers, and there may be a suitable candidate.

In the afternoon, the group returned to Gujiazhuang, Gu Haotian asked Ma Xun and Gu Bo to take people to stay on the boat, and then transport back the silver at night, and he and the rest of the people led five tall horses home.

Zhou Dong and Wen Huanzhang knew about Gu Haotian's operation, and Gu Haotian was also at home because of Zhou Dong, a master, that he was at ease to take most of the guards away. Zhou Tong is very knowledgeable about horses, and after looking at the five horses he brought back, he decided that they were all good war horses. And Zhou Yunqing could have ridden a horse, so he insisted that Gu Haotian would not take him there this time, and he would have to ask for a horse as compensation, and Gu Haotian had no choice but to respond.

At night, the silver taels were quietly transported into the Gu family, Gu Haotian and Gu Zhen counted them, there were 150,000 taels of silver, 8,000 taels of gold, and the jewelry, calligraphy and paintings could not be estimated. Gu Zhen has become numb to the surprises or disasters that his son keeps making, and the only thing he can do now is to try to cooperate so as not to cause trouble for his son.

The next day, Gu Zhen came forward and said that the Gu family had purchased a manor outside, needed a group of people, and the wages who were willing to go were preferential. A few days later, more than 100 people were selected from the tenants and the families of the escorts, and more than 10 craftsmen found by Bian Zhong with heavy money, led by Ma Laosan, and Ruan Xiaoqi went to Liangshan.

According to Gu Haotian's request, Gu Zhen recommended a man named Gu Bai to run a hotel at Lijiadaokou. This Gu Bai is more than forty years old and is also a brother in Gu Zhen's five suits, and he has been working as an assistant to Gu Song in Shilixiang, which is equivalent to the deputy manager of later generations, he is loyal and flexible, Gu Haotian is also satisfied with it, so he selected a few people in Shilixiang and the escort team to be taken by him, and also went to the Li family crossing with Ruan Xiaoqi.

After everything was done, Gu Haotian had a moment to relax, thinking that he had snubbed the two masters for a while, so he personally fried a few side dishes and invited the two to come over for a drink.

Although Zhou and Wen knew about Gu Haotian's operation, they did not participate in the specific planning. When he heard such an amazing event, but was designed so perfectly by the current eleven-year-old disciple, he was also amazed in his heart, and he couldn't help but think that this Ziguo was a person who did great things.

Gu Haotian also raised the problem of personnel shortage that he had the most headache at present, and consulted the two masters.

"It's not difficult, there will be a good opportunity now, every winter the northern barbarians are short of food, they will go south to plunder, Hebei and other border areas will have refugees to take refuge in the south, these places have strong people, but a good source of personnel." Zhou Tong stroked his beard and said calmly.

"After the New Year, there is a spring famine, and the green and yellow are not connected, and it is very easy to form displaced people. Wen Huanzhang continued.

"The two masters are insightful, and the disciples are suddenly open." Gu Haotian was overjoyed, got up and toasted and thanked him. But thinking that the time is pressing, the construction on Liangshan will definitely not be able to keep up, and it will be a problem for people to have nowhere to live, so they will inevitably ask for help.

"This matter is also easy, there is no shortage of wood and stone on the mountain, nothing more than a poor craftsman, just put the news out, saying that the ancient family built a manor, urgently needed a group of craftsmen, double the salary, take care of the family to take care of the meal, the surrounding craftsmen must hear the wind, then select a group of innocent family members willing to take their families up the mountain, after some time, I am afraid that those craftsmen are reluctant to go, but there are people who do not know things, and the vast water can not help him." Wen Huanzhang said an idea in a blink of an eye, although it was similar to Gu Zhen, the target range was much larger.

Gu Haotian's heart was relieved and there was no more worries, and immediately after the banquet was dispersed, he immediately summoned Bian Zhong and instructed him to send someone to spread the news of recruiting craftsmen.

The net has been cast out, waiting for the fish. Gu Haotian put his energy on the new wine on the market, the New Year is approaching, the new wine has been processed more than 10,000 catties, although Zheng Jiaji has no short-term pressure on the silver money, but after all, the new wine is a long-term profit project, he must be dedicated. So he sent people to make a huge advertisement with a white cloth on the outer wall of Shilixiang, which painted an old man who was drunk on the side of the mountain rock, holding a delicate porcelain bottle in his hand, and the bottle was written with the word "fairy drunk", while noting the eighth day of the lunar month, Shilixiang Restaurant held a new wine tasting meeting, where the three bowls were not drunk not only exempted from the wine money, but also five taels of silver, novel advertisements and tempting gimmicks, for a while spread throughout Yuncheng County, and with the flow of people to all over the place.

Another ten days later, Bian Zhong came to report, saying that forty or fifty craftsmen had come to sign up one after another recently, and handed him a list for him to see. Gu Haotian took a look, most of the surrounding villages, and some from other towns heard the news, and finally found a provincial, Huainan West Road Guangzhou, he looked back curiously, it turned out to be a familiar name - Tao Zongwang.

"Uncle Bian, where are these craftsmen now?" He hurriedly asked Bian Zhong.

"Those who are nearby are waiting for news at home, and those who are outside the country are placed in the front yard."

"Take me there." Gu Haotian pulled Bian Zhong and walked out.

In the guest room in the front yard, Gu Haotian stared at the black strong man leaning against the inner wall at a glance, because he had a shovel by his side, "Nine-tailed Turtle Tao Zongwang is used to using a shovel", he remembered that this was the original words in the Water Margin, and this urban construction expert from a farmer was the talent he was currently in short supply.

"This is Tao Zongwang's brother from Gwangju?" Gu Haotian stepped forward to salute.

"Exactly down there." Tao Zongwang returned the salute, but looked at Bian Zhong.

"It's a petty official of my family." Bian Zhong replied.

"Could it be that he is a young and benevolent ancient petty official." Tao Zongwang stared at Bian Zhong and asked, and Bian Zhong nodded yes.

"Brother Tao Zongwang is far away in Gwangju, how did he live on the ground of this Yuncheng." Gu Haotian was a little curious.

Tao Zongwang opened his mouth, but did not speak. He was an honest farmer, but a few acres of fertile land were favored by the wicked, bullied in every way, and escaped alone in a fit of rage, these days wandered to the ground of Yuncheng with a handicraft, smelled that the ancient family recruited craftsmen, and listened to the benevolence of the ancient officials, so he came to try, I don't want the Gu family to be a stranger to him, and he is very grateful, but he is very embarrassed in the face of the question of the ancient small official, after all, how to open the mouth with a human life.

"Tao Zongwang's brothers are in a dilemma, no one has a difficulty, just rest at ease, and the ancient family will also bear it." Gu Haotian saw his entanglement, a peasant who was forced to fall into the grass must have an unspeakable suffering.

Tao Zongwang never imagined that the ancient junior official would say such a thing, and for a moment he felt that a soft place in his heart had been touched, and a sour feeling almost overflowed, and he couldn't help but mutter, "The name of the ancient family's petty officials is worthy of their chivalrous deeds."

The words of the small officials of the Gu family made the craftsmen on the side also deeply moved, and they all felt that the Gu family had come to the right place this time. The next day, Gu Haotian selected more than 40 people from the registered craftsmen, and more than 100 family members, and went to Liangshan with Ruan Xiaoqi's fleet. Before leaving, he gave a special explanation to Ruan Xiaoqi and Tao Zongwang, asking Tao Zongwang to be the leader of all the craftsmen on Liangshan, and the construction of the mountain should obey his arrangement. Tao Zongwang never dreamed that he, a newcomer to a foreign land, would be so valued by petty officials, although he was not good at speaking, he had the will to die in his heart.

Since Tao Zongwang, an expert, went to Liangshan, Gu Haotian handed over the overall construction framework of Liangshan that he had designed, and let go of the rest, and the construction of Liangshan became orderly because of the arrival of Tao Zongwang, a professional.